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iBook G4 14" 933 MHz, replacing the MOBO wth a 1.33 board??

Reply by thodes

Hi

I've done a straight MOBO replacements before, But I have a 933 with a dead board and want to know "can you swap with a faster board??" I think the last one might be a 1.33. The cost of the replacements are all about the same I would just like to get the fastest board possible in my 933 shell.

Mike

Reply reply by HandyMac

There's only one MLB you can substitute for the 933MHz one: the 1064MHz (aka 1.07GHz or 1GHz) board from the same generation iBook G4. This board, like the 933MHz, has 128MB RAM built-in. The next generation iBook G4 also included a 1GHz MLB model, but that MLB has 256MB RAM on it, and due to a couple slight design differences, will not install in the originally 933MHz model. Nor will any later model.

(I am in fact doing just this upgrade: putting a 1GHz MLB into an iBook G4 whose original 933MHz board had died. I first got a 1GHz board from the next generation by mistake, and found it wouldn't install. So I've learned all about the fine points of this particular upgrade.)

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